COLUMBUS - If Ohio State wanted to exorcise the ghosts of last year's humbling loss at Southern California, they would have to do so with defense.
The Buckeyes' defense did well for most of the game, but USC got a late touchdow . . .

ST. MARYS - History can fade away if no one writes it down. Two law enforcement officers are attempting to save the history of the town's local police department with a memory book of former police chiefs.
Officers Mark Ernst a . . .

Former Rossburg resident Joanne M. Kaiser, 78, Greenville, died Sept. 13, 2009, at Wayne Hospital, Greenville.
She was born in Dayton to William and Lucille Martin White. On Oct. 7, 1950, she married Donald W. Kaiser, who survi . . .

Jason Lamont McDowell, 34, 405 Bellefontaine St., Wapakonta, died the morning of Sept. 12, 2009 at his residence. Death was due to suicide.
He was born July 21, 1975 in Coldwater to the late Robert W. McDowell and Donna Steele . . .

Rita A. Sudhoff Schaefer, 88, 700 Pine Road, Coldwater, died at 2:55 p.m. Sept. 13, 2009, at Briarwood Village.
She was born March 22, 1921, in Celina, to John and Mary Boeckman Goecke. On May 3, 1943, she married Ralph Sudhoff . . .

Janet R. Wissman, 83, 1209 Indiana Ave., St. Marys, died at 4:39 p.m. Sept. 13, 2009, at St. Marys Living Center.
She was born April 13, 1926, in St. Marys to Floyd H. and Ina Lillian Noble Titus. On Dec. 23, 1945, she married . . .